High Places: A Term Used to Describe Places of Worship
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Genesis 12:8
And he removed from there to a mountain on the east of Bethel, and pitched his tent, having Bethel on the west, and Hai on the east: and there he built an altar to the LORD, and called on the name of the LORD.
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Genesis 22:2,14
And he said, Take now your son, your only son Isaac, whom you love, and get you into the land of Moriah; and offer him there for a burnt offering on one of the mountains which I will tell you of.
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Genesis 31:54
Then Jacob offered sacrifice on the mount, and called his brothers to eat bread: and they did eat bread, and tarried all night in the mount.
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1 Samuel 9:12
And they answered them, and said, He is; behold, he is before you: make haste now, for he came to day to the city; for there is a sacrifice of the people to day in the high place:
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2 Samuel 24:25
And David built there an altar to the LORD, and offered burnt offerings and peace offerings. So the LORD was entreated for the land, and the plague was stayed from Israel.
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1 Kings 3:2,4
Only the people sacrificed in high places, because there was no house built to the name of the LORD, until those days.
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1 Kings 18:30,38
And Elijah said to all the people, Come near to me. And all the people came near to him. And he repaired the altar of the LORD that was broken down.
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1 Chronicles 16:39
And Zadok the priest, and his brothers the priests, before the tabernacle of the LORD in the high place that was at Gibeon,
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2 Chronicles 1:3
So Solomon, and all the congregation with him, went to the high place that was at Gibeon; for there was the tabernacle of the congregation of God, which Moses the servant of the LORD had made in the wilderness.
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2 Chronicles 33:17
Nevertheless the people did sacrifice still in the high places, yet to the LORD their God only.
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The Earliest Chapters in Divine Revelation
... Thus it was a supremely appropriate term to describe the ... In some places it was the
moon god Sin, as at ... and orphans, this code marks almost as high a stage in ...
/.../iii the earliest chapters in.htm

The Fear which Terminates in the Second Death.
... Fearful, is a term seldom used to describe sinners ... declared the merciful design of
the Most High, in their ... they must keep respectively, in their places, and act ...
/.../lee/sermons on various important subjects/sermon xx the fear which.htm

And ii.
... That the [Pg 431] five places, the mention of which ... character to particularize, than
to use a general term. ... On the high mountains of Israel I will plant it ...
/.../hengstenberg/christology of the old testament/chap i and ii.htm

Synagogues: their Origin, Structure and Outward Arrangements
... of the "basilica," but the very term "bema," is ... knew the thoughts of the Most High!"
Another direction ... were the so-called "oratories" or "places where prayer ...
/.../edersheim/sketches of jewish social life/chapter 16 synagogues their origin.htm

Manner of Covenanting.
... into idolatry by offering sacrifice on high places, made a ... The term ([Greek: euche])
by which the Seventy render ... in the Old Testament original, is used in the ...
/.../cunningham/the ordinance of covenanting/chapter ii manner of covenanting.htm

Christian Perfection
... Indeed, it is only another term for holiness ... shall know that I the Lord build the
ruined places; " I the ... toward the mark, for the prize of the high calling of ...
/.../wesley/sermons on several occasions/sermon 40 christian perfection.htm

Syria at the Beginning of the Egyptian Conquest
... Their high cheek-bones stand out from their hollow ... the walls of the Pylons, and in
places where the ... inhabitants of these countries used this term by preference ...
/.../chapter iisyria at the beginning.htm

The Apocalypse of Baruch.
... The term "Baruch," in Pseudo-Athanasius' Synopsis, and in the ... for they shall dwell
in the high places of that ... they should stay in their own places till the ...
//christianbookshelf.org/deane/pseudepigrapha/the apocalypse of baruch.htm

At Gerasa - the Healing of the Demonised.
... mental and moral (which some might term an aspect of ... in accordance with his preconceived
notions, to select such places. ... Thou Son of the Most High God?' Christ ...
/.../edersheim/the life and times of jesus the messiah/chapter xxv at gerasa -.htm

That the Scriptures are Divinely Inspired.
... sacerdotal fillets and robes of the high priests, were ... not boast; for such is the
term used by the ... Christ's apostles throughout the different places, in which ...
/.../origen/origen de principiis/chapter i that the scriptures are.htm

Resources
What does it mean that Jesus is our High Priest? | GotQuestions.org

What is meant by High Church and Low Church? | GotQuestions.org

What is Jesus' High Priestly Prayer? | GotQuestions.org

High: Dictionary and Thesaurus | Clyx.com

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High Day

High Gate or Gate Of Benjamin

High Place

High Places

High Places of the Canaanites to be Destroyed

High Places used for Idolatrous Worship

High Places: A Term Used to Describe Places of Worship

High Places: Adorned With Tapestry

High Places: Arnon

High Places: Asa Destroys

High Places: Aven

High Places: Baal

High Places: Bamah

High Places: Built By Ahaz

High Places: Built By Jehoram

High Places: Built By Jeroboam

High Places: Built By Manasseh

High Places: Built By People of Israel

High Places: Built By People of Judah

High Places: Built By Solomon

High Places: Destroyed: Asa, Partially

High Places: Destroyed: Hezekiah

High Places: Destroyed: Jehoshaphat

High Places: Destroyed: Josiah

High Places: Enchantments Used Upon

High Places: Gibeon

High Places: God Sometimes Worshipped On

High Places: Hezekiah Destroys

High Places: Jehoshaphat Destroys

High Places: Josiah Destroys

High Places: Licentious Practices At

High Places: Not Removed: Amaziah

High Places: Not Removed: Azariah

High Places: Not Removed: Jehoash

High Places: Not Removed: Jotham

High Places: Priests Ordained For

High Places: Sacrifices and Incense offered to Idols Upon

High Places: Signify a Place of Idolatrous Worship

High Places: Surrounded With Groves

High Places: The Idolatrous, to be Destroyed

High Places: The Jews: Built, in all Their Streets

High Places: The Jews: Built, in Their Cities

High Places: The Jews: Condemned for Building

High Places: The Jews: Provoked God With

High Places: The Jews: Punished For

High Places: The Jews: Threatened With Destruction of

High Places: Tophet

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High Priest

High Things

The High Priest was Called: God's High Priest

The High Priest was Called: Ruler of the People

The High Priest was Called: The Priest

The High Priest were for Beauty and Ornament

The High Priest: Assisted by a Deputy

The High Priest: Consecrated to his office

The High Priest: Duties of Appointing Priests to offices

The High Priest: Duties of Bearing Before the Lord the Names of Israel for a Memorial

The High Priest: Duties of Blessing the People

The High Priest: Duties of Consecrating the Levites

The High Priest: Duties of Enquiring of God by Urim and Thummim

The High Priest: Duties of Lighting the Sacred Lamps

The High Priest: Duties of Making Atonement in the Most Holy Place Once a Year

The High Priest: Duties of Offering Gifts and Sacrifices

The High Priest: Duties of Presiding in the Superior Court

The High Priest: Duties of Taking Charge of Money Collected in the Sacred Treasury

The High Priest: Duties of Taking the Census of the People

The High Priest: Family of Eli Degraded from office of, for Bad Conduct

The High Priest: Forbidden to Mourn for Any

The High Priest: Inferior to Christ in Being Made Without an Oath

The High Priest: Inferior to Christ in Being of the Order of Aaron

The High Priest: Inferior to Christ in Entering Into Holiest Every Year

The High Priest: Inferior to Christ in Needing to Make Atonement for his own Sins

The High Priest: Inferior to Christ in not Being Able to Continue

The High Priest: Inferior to Christ in Offering oftentimes the Same Sacrifices

The High Priest: Made by Divine Wisdom Given to Bezaleel

The High Priest: Needed to Sacrifice for Himself

The High Priest: Next in Rank to the King

The High Priest: Office of, Made Annual by the Romans

The High Priest: Office of, Promised to the Posterity of Phinehas for his Zeal

The High Priest: Often Exercised Chief Civil Power

The High Priest: Sometimes Deposed by the Kings

The High Priest: Sometimes Enabled to Prophesy

The High Priest: Special Garments of Breastplate

The High Priest: Special Garments of Broidered Coat

The High Priest: Special Garments of Ephod With Its Curious Girdle

The High Priest: Special Garments of Girdle

The High Priest: Special Garments of Linen Mitre

The High Priest: Special Garments of Plate or Crown of Gold

The High Priest: Special Garments of Robe of the Ephod

The High Priest: Specially Called of God

The High Priest: The Deputy of Called the Second Priest

The High Priest: The Deputy of had Oversight of the Levites

The High Priest: The Deputy of had Oversight of the Tabernacle

The High Priest: The office of, Hereditary

The High Priest: To be Tender and Compassionate

The High Priest: To Marry a Virgin of Aaron's Family

The High Priest: Typified Christ in Alone Entering Into Most Holy Place

The High Priest: Typified Christ in Bearing the Names of Israel Upon his Heart

The High Priest: Typified Christ in Being Called of God

The High Priest: Typified Christ in Being Liable to Temptation

The High Priest: Typified Christ in Blessing

The High Priest: Typified Christ in Compassion and Sympathy for the Weak and Ignorant

The High Priest: Typified Christ in His Appointment

The High Priest: Typified Christ in His Title

The High Priest: Typified Christ in Holiness of office

The High Priest: Typified Christ in Interceding

The High Priest: Typified Christ in Making Atonement

The High Priest: Typified Christ in Marrying a Virgin

The High Priest: Typified Christ in Performing by Himself all the Services on Day of Atonement

The High Priest: Typified Christ in Splendid Dress

The High Priest: Wore the Ordinary Priest's Garments when Making Atonement In

The High Priest: Worn at his Consecration

The High Priest: Worn at his Consecration: Descended to his Successors

The High Priest: Worn at his Consecration: Worn Seven Days After Consecration

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